Category: book arts
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This is an altered book that I’ve been working on WAY too long. I finally reworked the cover and voila, it is done at last. The pages are acrylic color washed Rising Stonehenge papers.
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It’s been a great weekend so far. The Elements reception went well, and everybody really liked the cheese and apple breads I baked. I went by Zaytoon and picked up a couple of their spreads to go with them, and tried to give them some advertising all night. So many wonderful small local restaurants have…
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Book covers in progress. Painted papers from Albie Smith’s workshop + trash pickings from Patti Grass’ workshop. I can never stay out of a trash can at a book/paper art workshop. The last two covers are for a book that I was stuck on for a long time. Finally I decided to ditch the idea…
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I have had loads of fun weaving painted papers this week. This is why you should save your ugliest papers. Not only might they serve as a background layer for something else, but something interesting happens when you slice and dice and weave them with other papers (or the other half of the same paper).…
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My friend and paper mentor Susanne and I flew out to Oregon to attend the Focus on Book Arts conference in Forest Grove at Pacific University. Despite our friends’ warning about the rainy weather, it was beautiful and I didn’t have to open my umbrella once. The cooler temperatures were such a relief! Judy met…
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This is another tiny book for which I made the components in Albie Smith’s class at An Artful Journey, then bound it later at home. The cover is made with a thick gesso stenciled on bookboard, then painted. The stitch is “French twist” or “herringbone.” The paper is Stonehenge and will stand up to wet…
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Okay, I’m not a great photographer these days. Guess you’ll just have to come see for yourself! Mica dragonfly book with handmade Spanish moss paper by Susanne Martin, my handpainted papers, old print of dragonflies, mica layers. Wee journals for the small customers.
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This is another which I completed the painted covers and pages at An Artful Journey and bound with a herringbone stitch after I came home. The painted pages are interspersed with blank white Stonehenge printmaking paper, so they’ll take just about any medium you want to use on them. It is small – 2 3/4…
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This book is the only one that I finished at An Artful Journey. I plan to do a lot more with color-washed pages.
slowly she turned 